music, therapy, and me

It is time to return to my regular routine of work, home, work. The Midwestern region conference is over, Holy week hasn't started yet, and it is time to move back into my every day schedule. We now have to spend time getting ready for the graduation ceremony happening at the end of this spring semester and that's about all I have to plan for at work. Home stuff, on the other hand, is a bit more complicated. I have lots of things that I have to do between now and May 24th (the last day of school for the regular school session). Since it is time to get back into my regular routine, I am going to start with my morning routine again. I've started leaving earlier than I need to leave so I am arriving at work way earlier than I want to be there. It is time to focus on what was working so well before our winter of snow days. I am going to track my leaving and arrival times again - that seemed to work well for making sure that I was on track and getting to work at my desired arr...

One of the things that I do in my "spare time" is put together collections of therapeutic music experiences (TMEs) into books. I've written something like 8 books of TME collections for music therapists, all based on either populations or on therapeutic themes. Today, I'd like to share the first book I ever wrote, More Than Lyric Analysis: Therapeutic Music Experiences for Adolescents . Table of Contents Introduction . 3 Would You Rather? Chant Game . 4 Artist Information Sheets . 7 Gross Motor Exercise Stations . 9 Emotion Instruments . 11 Breathe In, Breathe Out 13 Lyric Analysis: Downtown . 15 Instrument Families . 17 Instrument Problem-Solving . 18 Movement – The Locomotion . 19 Instrument Play and Game - Obwisana . 21 On a Roll – Song Lyric Recall 23 Sound Around the Room .. 24 Sound Awareness . 27 Stereo Symbol Movement 29 Lyric Analysis: Strange Things . 31 There’s a Pickle on My Head . 33 Appendix...